Nixon came through three separate qualifying competitions at county, national and international level to secure his Lakeside debut.

During the break whilst practising in the players lounge with a cigarette in one hand, Nixon was said to have stabbed himself deliberately in his legs to try and motivate himself.

Adams missed four doubles to win the championship as Nixon gradually pulled back to level the match at 6–6, taking it to a final set.

On his return to Lakeside for the 2008 BDO World Championship he was drawn to face Adams again, in a repeat of their final from twelve months earlier, but this time lost 0–3.

He then defeated Niels de Ruiter, but allowed a 4–0 lead and a total of eight match darts slip and lost 5–4 to Pat Orreal, failing to qualify for the knockout stages.

He did, however, reach the quarter-finals of the Winmau World Masters in 2012, losing to Wesley Harms ten years after his previous appearance in the last eight of the tournament.